Dancing With Skeletons

Dancing With Skeletons

By Liz Stoeckel & Debi Ruud/Music by Darrell Devaurs/Artwork by John AldenSociety & CultureHealth & FitnessMental HealthArtsRelationshipsPerforming Arts
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Dancing With Skeletons episodes

  • Finding Safe Spaces

    What happens when we believe we’re in a safe place, but that space becomes toxic? We often give our heart and love and friendship to people with whom we share our life and orbit. Brene’ Brown says, “genetics loads the gun; environment pulls the trigger”. When we know our genetics might not be on our side, we seek healthy environments so that our families have the best chances at success. But things don’t always go as planned.

    57 min
  • Loss and Grace

    Some of our friends and family have said and done incredibly hurtful things over the past year of unrest. Opinions, fear, anger, and misinformation can cause us to say unhealthy things in the moment. What happens after we say something unkind or hurtful and then somewhere down the road we find ourselves in a different place and a different mindset? Can we or should we apologize to the people we hurt along the way?

    Liz and Debi talk in today’s podcast episode about showing grace to people who’ve broken our hearts or judged us harshly. The two of us are in very different places than we were even just five years ago. Why not assume others may have grown and changed as well?

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    52 min
  • We’re Dancing With Stress

    Each one of us deal with stress differently, but deal we must. In today’s podcast episode Liz and Debi talk about how they process anxiety. A therapist once told Debi that “homicide is healthier than suicide”. In other words, it’s so often easier to blame others for what’s going on around us than it is to take personal responsibility for the struggles we face.

    53 min
  • Liz and Debi Check In

    Our hearts are hurting over broken relationships, lost moments, misinformation, and a new and growing willingness to cut people out our lives over minor disagreements. I doubt we’re alone in our sadness and we want to check in with all of you today. How are you? What’s on your heart today?

    57 min
  • Insurrection Debrief
    Insurrection: A violent uprising against an authority or government.
    We know that our country is hurting. While we don't have all the answers, we do know that love heals all words. How can we love better?
    44 min
  • Dancing With Forgiveness
    In order to have a healthy relationship with other humans, we must sometimes forgive them. In order to have healthy relationships with ourselves, we must forgive the junk of our past—often every single day.
    46 min

About Dancing With Skeletons

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We all have skeletons in our closet. We also know how much we’ve learned from the mistakes in our past. So, every once in a while, we dance with our skeletons. Come dance with us!